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Pronunciation : Slope
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Formed (like abode fr. abide) from OE. slipen. See Slip, v. i.]
Definition : 1. An oblique direction; a line or direction including from a horizontal line or direction; also, sometimes, an inclination, as of one line or surface to another.

2. Any ground whose surface forms an angle with the plane of the horizon. buildings the summit and slope of a hill. Macaulay. Under the slopes of Pisgah. Deut. iv. 49. (Rev. Ver.).

Note: A slope, considered as descending, is a declivity; considered as ascending, an acclivity. Slope of a plane (Geom.), the direction of the plane; as, parallel planes have the same slope.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Slope
Part of Speech : a.
Definition : Defn: Sloping. "Down the slope hills." Milton. A bank not steep, but gently slope. Bacon.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Slope
Part of Speech : adv.
Definition : Defn: In a sloping manner. [Obs.] Milton.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Slope
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To form with a slope; to give an oblique or slanting direction to; to direct obliquely; to incline; to slant; as, to slope the ground in a garden; to slope a piece of cloth in cutting a garment.

t. [imp. & p. p. Sloped; p. pr. & vb. n. Sloping.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Slope
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 1. To take an oblique direction; to be at an angle with the plane of the horizon; to incline; as, the ground slopes.

2. To depart; to disappear suddenly. [Slang]

i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913